About The Resource
Kadamb Inclusive Learning Tools’ e-resources help the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) students with their secondary and senior secondary exam preparations. Parents, teachers and students can also use the resources as reference for understanding textbook concepts, for lesson planning as well as for designing assignments and assessments. The content is provided in different modalities to help students with varying needs. The e-resource is developed based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which assures adequate support for the entire range of learners, including the neuro-typical students. The user can avail the level of support based on the specific learning needs or preferences, and adjust it according to their changing requirements.
Modalities
Unique Features
* Refers to the features available in the later versions of the resources.
Kadamb Inclusive Learning Tools’ e-resources help the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) students with their secondary and senior secondary exam preparations. Parents, teachers and students can also use the resources as reference for understanding textbook concepts, for lesson planning as well as for designing assignments and assessments. The content is provided in different modalities to help students with varying needs. The e-resource is developed based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which assures adequate support for the entire range of learners, including the neuro-typical students. The user can avail the level of support based on the specific learning needs or preferences, and adjust it according to their changing requirements.
Modalities
- Pure Text+
- Audio with adjustable pace+
- Audio-Visual with adjustable pace of audio and text highlighting+.
- Sign language with subtitles for children with hearing impairment*.
- Braille Format for children with visual impairment*.
Unique Features
- Chapter-wise answers for in-text questions, terminal exercises and questions from previous years’ question papers. Students, Teachers and Parents do not need to print or browse through old question papers as these are integrated in each chapter.
- Lots of figures and diagrams to explain the content to help students with reading difficulties. Audio guidelines for drawing diagrams to help students with visual impairment and Dysgraphia.
- The interface is developed according to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#:~:text=1.,%2C%20learning%2C%20and%20neurological%20disabilities to promote E-inclusion.
- The user can adjust the font size as well as the pace of audio and highlighting.
- Adequate support for home schooling.
- Saves teaching time and enables students to revise the content independently.
- Later versions will be available in vernacular languages.
* Refers to the features available in the later versions of the resources.